Good morning and happy Friday, let’s jump into the tech news! 1. GTA 6 is Coming This Year The Take Two CEO in its fourth-quarter earnings call confirmed the date for GTA 6. Strauss Zelnick, Chairman and CEO of Take Two said gamers can expect the game in Fall 2025, so Australian spring 2025. Still...
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Steve Franklin: Could tech in Tennessee affect Australian aggregates?
AGG1 co-hosts with World of Asphalt. Image: Steven Franklin Steve Franklin, founder of Eltirus, attended the AGG1 Academy & Expo in Nashville, Tennessee. He reports what he found at a key event for the North American aggregates industry. Co-hosted with the World of Asphalt, the AGG1 Aggregates Academy & Expo witnessed a record-breaking attendance. More than...
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From NBN to Quantum, Here Are All the Tech Investments in the 2024 Federal Budget
It’s the most fiscal time of the year, the 2024 Federal Budget has arrived and there are a whole heap of announcements surrounding technology. I spent my afternoon and part of my evening locked up with my fellow comrades/journalists to get a look at the budget papers before the rest of the world. And there...
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UK Gov and Australia Boost Legal, Tech Trade Ties
Minister Freer visits Australia as part of GREAT Legal Services campaign to promote the UK legal and tech sectors Trip to build on a free-trade deal between the UK and Australia to reduce trade barriers and promote further economic prosperity Last year’s conference generated millions of pounds of business deals for lawtechs Taking place over...
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UK Government working hand in hand with Australia to promote trade in legal and tech services
Minister Freer visits Australia as part of GREAT Legal Services campaign to promote the UK legal and tech sectors Trip to build on a free-trade deal between the UK and Australia to reduce trade barriers and promote further economic prosperity Last year’s conference generated millions of pounds of business deals for lawtechs Taking place over...
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Taiwan, Australia sign science, tech cooperation deal – Taipei Times
By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter Taiwan and Australia yesterday signed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement, the National Science and Technology Council said. Representative to Australia Douglas Hsu (徐佑典) and Australian Representative in Taiwan Robert Fergusson signed the Science and Technology Arrangement in Canberra after six months of discussions and planning, the council said....
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NRMA chooses Australian tech for battery-backed EV fast chargers
The NRMA motoring group has confirmed that is has chosen a Brisbane-based company eLumina to provide battery-backed EV fast chargers, initially to replace the ones removed from its Mittagong RSL site following the financial difficulties of its US supplier. The NRMA will install two of the D1 EV fast chargers made by eLumina, which feature...
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Australian court lifts order blocking X on church stabbing video
An Australian court on Monday rejected a bid by the country’s cyber safety regulator to extend a temporary order for Elon Musk-owned X to block videos of the stabbing of an Assyrian church bishop, which authorities had called a terrorist attack. Federal Court judge Geoffrey Kennett said the application to extend the injunction granted last...
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‘This is not your kid’s fault’: The damaging trend affecting 500,000 Aussie children
For more than 12 hours a day, 14-year-old Luca stares, mesmerised, at a computer screen. The Brisbane-based teenager is one of hundreds of thousands of Australian children who grapple with addition to technology, a scourge that experts say is only getting worse. For Luca — whose mum Tanya says was diagnosed with autism, anxiety and...
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Best places to work in tech in Australia
The best tech companies to work for in Australia have been revealed, with some familiar faces topping the list. The Great Place to Work organisation’s annual Best Workplaces in Technology Australia list has been unveiled, based on confidential surveys of tens of thousands of employees at tech firms around the country. The list defines a...
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Australia is abundant in female innovators but scarce in support systems for them
Australia’s tech sector is booming. According to an ATIC 2023 report, it’s worth AU$167 billion and has become the third-largest tech ecosystem in the Asia-Pacific region – that’s despite a challenging year for the global economy. There’s a big opportunity in Australia’s tech scene at present, with the likes of Afterpay, Atlassian and Xero as...
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Australia’s $215B clean tech potential unleashed in new report – Australian Manufacturing
Image supplied. A recent report from Beyond Zero Emissions has revealed Australia’s capacity to lead the global clean technology movement, presenting strategies poised to generate $215 billion in revenue and 53,000 jobs by 2035. Titled “Make it here: building Australia’s clean industrial future,” the report identified five key cleantech supply chains – solar, wind, batteries,...